Transaction 57bca530ccf537b2bf2455e9d0c6f1572150198d685a6f62e7637111ece5b19b

Block #848742

2024-06-20 10:32:49 +0000 UTC (~11 days, 15 hours ago)

BTC Burned: 🔥0.0052 BTC🔥

Inputs

156ap7dQ7epL2BNqCxs7972MA6SdzpVk3M

OP_DUP OP_HASH160 2ceecedbeb1b0ee7d96b0e5c64bd48dadf75ab84 OP_EQUALVERIFY OP_CHECKSIG pubkeyhash

Outputs

6a4c5058325bbf053f65ac96476e4cb69746124d8e34f94322e7a8542e67bc2d87bc093d176e100d3d081bee9807fd669f51f9ebff00e525bb6fa9a5175251c6d0fad37a6e4c000cf365039f000cd324012159

OP_RETURN 58325bbf053f65ac96476e4cb69746124d8e34f94322e7a8542e67bc2d87bc093d176e100d3d081bee9807fd669f51f9ebff00e525bb6fa9a5175251c6d0fad37a6e4c000cf365039f000cd324012159 nulldata

1111111111111111111114oLvT2

OP_DUP OP_HASH160 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 OP_EQUALVERIFY OP_CHECKSIG pubkeyhash

156ap7dQ7epL2BNqCxs7972MA6SdzpVk3M

OP_DUP OP_HASH160 2ceecedbeb1b0ee7d96b0e5c64bd48dadf75ab84 OP_EQUALVERIFY OP_CHECKSIG pubkeyhash

How did this transaction burn BTC?

OP_RETURN outputs

OP_RETURN is a provably unspendable method that allows embedding of arbitrary data into the blockchain¹.

OP_RETURN outputs are used to embed data such as messages, commitments from systems like Stacks², or even files - there are no constraints on the nature of the data, only on the size per OP_RETURN output.

As they are provably unspendable, OP_RETURN outputs are pruned from the UTXO set automatically and do not contribute to the UTXO set size.

Although OP_RETURN outputs are exempted from the Dust Limit and can be 0-value, some users choose to transfer BTC to the output. This BTC is permanently and irreversibly lost, and reduces the circulating supply of Bitocin.

View revision history

Burn Address

Bitcoin addresses are generated by base58 or bech32 encoding the hash of a public key or script, along with a version and checksum.

As the encoding is directly performed on this hash value, it is possible to generate a valid address for which the pre-image public key or script is unknown. This is known as a burn address.

This is commonly done to create a visually distinct address, and to demonstrate some level of “nothing up my sleeve” transparency. The hash values are picked to be values that are improbably to have been generated by chance (due to the immense computational power required to find a pre-image that hashes to a specific value).

While some burn addresses were used in Proof-of-Burn schemes, the majority of burn addresses are simply vanity addresses used to simply burn coins or encode a message into the blockchain.

View revision history

Raw Transaction

{
  "txid": "57bca530ccf537b2bf2455e9d0c6f1572150198d685a6f62e7637111ece5b19b",
  "hash": "57bca530ccf537b2bf2455e9d0c6f1572150198d685a6f62e7637111ece5b19b",
  "version": 1,
  "size": 317,
  "vsize": 317,
  "weight": 1268,
  "locktime": 0,
  "vin": [
    {
      "txid": "7fe5cf28c7f42efb59108e57b11fac8e0f7a3d4476b7f866e35f4e305f1a5232",
      "vout": 2,
      "scriptSig": {
        "asm": "3044022022e92d30efc13d97ed546c795f6190eca9b85b709a619e66f774cb12d3d36e2f0220454009cf5638eb1fe51f604f5f2726cf30a10bc4e68bd6a775b70befc2eb700a[ALL] 02a85ebd5df6c44d42ab07b728aeab2a1b0c628bab90a9c0456bffd53f1817f670",
        "hex": "473044022022e92d30efc13d97ed546c795f6190eca9b85b709a619e66f774cb12d3d36e2f0220454009cf5638eb1fe51f604f5f2726cf30a10bc4e68bd6a775b70befc2eb700a012102a85ebd5df6c44d42ab07b728aeab2a1b0c628bab90a9c0456bffd53f1817f670"
      },
      "prevout": {
        "generated": false,
        "height": 848741,
        "value": "3.32914602",
        "scriptPubKey": {
          "asm": "OP_DUP OP_HASH160 2ceecedbeb1b0ee7d96b0e5c64bd48dadf75ab84 OP_EQUALVERIFY OP_CHECKSIG",
          "desc": "addr(156ap7dQ7epL2BNqCxs7972MA6SdzpVk3M)#uaqgvafe",
          "hex": "76a9142ceecedbeb1b0ee7d96b0e5c64bd48dadf75ab8488ac",
          "address": "156ap7dQ7epL2BNqCxs7972MA6SdzpVk3M",
          "type": "pubkeyhash"
        }
      },
      "sequence": 4294967293
    }
  ],
  "vout": [
    {
      "value": "0.00000000",
      "n": 0,
      "scriptPubKey": {
        "asm": "OP_RETURN 58325bbf053f65ac96476e4cb69746124d8e34f94322e7a8542e67bc2d87bc093d176e100d3d081bee9807fd669f51f9ebff00e525bb6fa9a5175251c6d0fad37a6e4c000cf365039f000cd324012159",
        "desc": "raw(6a4c5058325bbf053f65ac96476e4cb69746124d8e34f94322e7a8542e67bc2d87bc093d176e100d3d081bee9807fd669f51f9ebff00e525bb6fa9a5175251c6d0fad37a6e4c000cf365039f000cd324012159)#g5xzn3qu",
        "hex": "6a4c5058325bbf053f65ac96476e4cb69746124d8e34f94322e7a8542e67bc2d87bc093d176e100d3d081bee9807fd669f51f9ebff00e525bb6fa9a5175251c6d0fad37a6e4c000cf365039f000cd324012159",
        "type": "nulldata"
      }
    },
    {
      "value": "0.00520000",
      "n": 1,
      "scriptPubKey": {
        "asm": "OP_DUP OP_HASH160 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 OP_EQUALVERIFY OP_CHECKSIG",
        "desc": "addr(1111111111111111111114oLvT2)#ula7cdg0",
        "hex": "76a914000000000000000000000000000000000000000088ac",
        "address": "1111111111111111111114oLvT2",
        "type": "pubkeyhash"
      }
    },
    {
      "value": "3.32383401",
      "n": 2,
      "scriptPubKey": {
        "asm": "OP_DUP OP_HASH160 2ceecedbeb1b0ee7d96b0e5c64bd48dadf75ab84 OP_EQUALVERIFY OP_CHECKSIG",
        "desc": "addr(156ap7dQ7epL2BNqCxs7972MA6SdzpVk3M)#uaqgvafe",
        "hex": "76a9142ceecedbeb1b0ee7d96b0e5c64bd48dadf75ab8488ac",
        "address": "156ap7dQ7epL2BNqCxs7972MA6SdzpVk3M",
        "type": "pubkeyhash"
      }
    }
  ],
  "fee": "0.00011201",
  "hex": "010000000132521a5f304e5fe366f8b776443d7a0f8eac1fb1578e1059fb2ef4c728cfe57f020000006a473044022022e92d30efc13d97ed546c795f6190eca9b85b709a619e66f774cb12d3d36e2f0220454009cf5638eb1fe51f604f5f2726cf30a10bc4e68bd6a775b70befc2eb700a012102a85ebd5df6c44d42ab07b728aeab2a1b0c628bab90a9c0456bffd53f1817f670fdffffff030000000000000000536a4c5058325bbf053f65ac96476e4cb69746124d8e34f94322e7a8542e67bc2d87bc093d176e100d3d081bee9807fd669f51f9ebff00e525bb6fa9a5175251c6d0fad37a6e4c000cf365039f000cd32401215940ef0700000000001976a914000000000000000000000000000000000000000088aca9c4cf13000000001976a9142ceecedbeb1b0ee7d96b0e5c64bd48dadf75ab8488ac00000000"
}